u/moodyksky

Am I developing romantic feelings for my friend?

Hey, I'm probably overthinking this so I'd love some advice from fellow ace/queer people. I'm 25F and have identified as ace for a long time and am probably demiromantic/grayromantic. I've been having a few bad months and a friend, also 25F came to stay over for a week to keep me company and it was really nice. We've been friends for over 5 years now and she knows I am ace and we basically came out to each other the first time we spoke, she's gay and has been trying to online date someone for a few weeks now. At some point we started cuddling and holding hands on the couch while watching something and ended up spending a whole day and a half napping together in each others arms and just generally touching a lot.

She's definitely more physically affectionate while I'm more physically reserved and physical touch is harder for me but I really enjoyed it because I'm def also really touch starved. I've never been this physically close to anyone in my life before, never had a relationship, and it was just really intimate. I'm not sure we're going to do it again but it felt really casual while it happened. We didn't talk about it and now I'm kind of unsure if it was (just) platonic (for me or her) and I don't know how to read it. I struggle a lot with navigating and reading romantic/physical attraction which is why I'm definitely overthinking.

She left this morning and I'm kind of having a hard day because I'm alone again, and I just kinda wanna talk to her but also don't want to be needy. I hope I am making any sense. Maybe anyone here has any thoughts on this?

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u/moodyksky — 9 hours ago